Three Rheingau Rieslings from Carl Ehrhard: Video Tasting

Posted on January 23rd, 2010 1 Comment

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3 Rieslings from Rheingau producer, Carl Ehrhard and available from Karwig Wines in Cork.

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Three of the best: Australian wines from Tesco

Posted on January 21st, 2010 7 Comments

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When it comes to wine, Tesco have really upped their game in the last couple of months. They have some true gems nestled amongst what often seems an infinitude of choice. The following wines, I believe, punch well above their weight and price bracket. In my book they have what you might call an excellent [...]

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Three rather good Rieslings from Germany

Posted on January 19th, 2010 No Comments yet

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Life’s too short for German wine labels. But just as you wouldn’t judge a book by its cover, here are three rather good Rieslings from Deutschland.

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Wine of the week: Tim Adams Riesling, Clare Valley, 2008

Posted on November 23rd, 2009 2 Comments

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Riesling from South Australia’s Clare Valley.

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Landmark Australia: The Tutorial Experience comes to Ireland

Posted on November 9th, 2009 4 Comments

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Landmark-Australia
John McDonnell and Dermot Nolan (MW) brought the Landmark Australia Tutorial experience to Dublin last week. A rare chance to try some of Australia’s finest wines.

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Riesling, the second coming. Dublin, Friday 19th June

Posted on June 4th, 2009 3 Comments

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Kuntz. Can you think of a more hilariously named Riesling for the English speaking market?
Why not head over to Riesling&Co, Ireland’s largest ever German wine tasting event, and see if you can spot any other contenders.

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Kamptal gets DAC status

Posted on January 12th, 2009 1 Comment

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Austria gets a new official wine region: Kamptal.

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Salvador Poveda Risling: Best value Riesling in town?

Posted on June 20th, 2008 No Comments yet

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A Riesling from Alicante, but they call it a Risling in dem parts.

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Wine at Taste of Dublin

Posted on June 16th, 2008 2 Comments

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Some delicious food washed down by some delicious wine at last weekend’s Taste of Dublin Festival.

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Open wine 3 write-up: Baron de Ley Rioja and “GruVee” wine from 1983

Posted on June 13th, 2008 5 Comments

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Enowine enomatic system
The third open wine evening took place in Enowine, IFSC. We had a great night trying wines on the enomatic system, listening to a talk on Baron de Ley wines from Rioja and tasting a 25 year old wine from Austria.

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